Clues from this Episode that Aria isA

There are many hidden clues in this episode that Aria is A so get ready! Even before the episode, some of the Ads and Promos had pretty obvious Aria is A clues. One example is the promo photo of the Liar's christmas stockings. Take a closer look at Aria's stocking. It is red and black striped - A's favorite colors and has a camera inside (both Aria and A love to take pictures).

MONA - The episode begins with the girls walking down a picture perfect, scenic christmas street in Rosewood. The mood is only spoiled by Spencer's legal troubles over the murder of Bethany Young. Out of the blue, a lawyer approaches the girls and has a package for Hanna which turns out to be a message from Mona beyond the grave. This is highly suspicious. How did this lawyer know that the girls would be on that street at that particular time, and how did he know exactly who to approach to deliver the package. Wouldn't a real lawyer contact you and meet in an office for such an important package? Of course this is a set up, and maybe Aria's scarf is the clue the lawyer needed to identify them :).

SETUP - Shortly after randomly receiving the package from Mona, Aria stops the Santa Claus walking down the street and adds a donation to his tin. Santa then reaches into his sack and pulls out a snowglobe for Aria to "thank" her for her 25 cent donation. Have you ever seen someone receive an expensive gift as a thank you for donating a few coins at christmastime?Surprise, the snowglobe from Santa was a message from A, telling the girls to take a holiday from the A games. This scene is a direct clue to Aria being A and setting up that clue. She was the one who stopped that Santa on the street, he did not approach them first. Last episode, in the final A scene, we see A making a snowglobe with a photo of the four liars in it.

DANCE ON DEAD MONKEYS - Ali is throwing an Ice Ball this episode and the girls are not happy about it. Aria is especially angry about Ali's Ice Ball and says she would "rather dance on dead monkeys than go to Ali's stupid Ice Ball. What a strange choice of words, even Spencer comments on it, "dead monkeys?!" she asks.I think this is a clue to Aria and could be referencing the Artic Monkey song Dance Little Liar. The song is about living with lying and the guilt of lying. That the lies keep piling up and become so complex that all you can do is dance around the truth and continue the lie. The lyrics are here:

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I heard the truth was built to bend A mechanism to suspend the guilt Is what you are requiring still You've got to dance little liar

Just like those fibbs that pop and fizz And you'll be forced to take that awful quiz And you're bound to trip And she'll detect the fiction on Your lips and dig a contradiction up

And the clean coming will hurt And you can never get it spotless When there's dirt beneath the dirt The liar take a lot less time

I'm sure it's clear and plain to me Its not an alibi you need just yet Oh no it's something for those beads of sweat Yes that we'll get you back to normal

And after you have dabbed the patch you'll grieve And then proceed to scratch the varnish off That newly added calmness So as not to raise any alarms too soon

And the clean coming will hurt And you can never get it spotless When there's dirt beneath the dirt

The liar takes a lot less

Time to decide on his saunter Have you got itchy bones And in all your time alone Can you hack your mind being riddled With the wrong memories

And the clean coming will hurt And you can never get it spotless When there's dirt between the dirt

CLUES - At the Ice Ball, Detective Holbrook appeared to be kissing Ali and teamed up with her. At one point during the party, he approaches Aria and tells her "You're on my list Aria... The Naughty One". This comment left Aria a little shaken. Holbrook seems to be on to her lately making comments about how guilty she looks in the past few episodes. This comment from Holbrook is a direct clue that Aria could be A and the one behind this who crazy game.

Aria also wears suspicious A-like clothing in this episode. Below are a couple of examples. First we see Aria continuing the animal print theme she has been rocking all season since she said "A is hunting Ali like a warrior cat" back in episode 5x3. Second, you can see that Aria is wearing a scarf with a skull on it. Aria is often seen wearing skulls and bones. these wardrobe clues definitely point to Aria having a dark side.We also see Aria wearing a very A-like christmas dress, with the black and white prison stripes and the red skirt to complete the outfit wih all of A's favorite colors.

ALI PASSPORT CLUE - The girls follow Mona's clues and break into Alison's house to search her favorite hiding places. The most significant thing that they find is a passport with Alison's picture and the name Holly Varjak. Doing a little research on this name, there is a popular British children's book called Varjak Paw. One of the main characters in the story is Holly, who fights to help save teh Varjak family. The drawings in the book are significant because they look very similar to the same type of drawings that Bethany Young drew in Radley. We are not sure exactly what this clue means but it seems to be a reference back to Radley and Ali having a connection there and to Bethany Young. A theme throughout the show is that is all goes back to Radley - a place that we believe Aria probably spent some time for treatment of mental illness as suggested in other mental health clues throughout the series.

FINAL A SCENE CLUE - The final scene of each episode usually shows us A up to some antics. This week we see A with a tray of christmas cookies resembling the girls, and breaking the cookies into pieces.This A clue is a direct reference to Aria. Earlier in the episode, the girls were volunteering at the senior citizen home and Aria was passing out cookies. If you look closely you can see that she is passing out the exact same type of cookies that A is seen breaking at the end of the episode. Aria is the only character besides A who was seen with these christmas cookies this episode.

Songs from the Episode

Sleigh Ride by Fun. the girls are walking down a scenic rosewood street

Jingle Bells by Sugar & The Hi Lows Paige tells emily she is moving to california

Fight Song by Rachel Platten the girls dance until ali makes her entrance and then sneak out but are watched as they do